Cord control



' Aug. 21, 1923.

G. L. BANKS ET AL CORD CONTROL Filed Jan. 18, 1921 Patented Aug. 211923.

ndira stars retreat ill-curiae GEORGE L. BANKS AND MARY R. BANKS, OF LOSANGEEES, CALIFORNIA.

corn) CONTROL.

Application filed January 18, 1921'. Serial No. 438,196.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that we, GEORGE L. BANKS and MARY R. BANKS, citizens of theUnited States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in CordControls, of which the following is a specification.

It is the object of this invention to provide means for maintainingaflexible cord, such as the conductor cord for a removable electricalappliance taut during use of the appliance. ln'the present embodiment ofthe invention I have shown the device applied to the conductor cord foran electric iron, said cord being connected in usual man- -ner to afixed lamp socket. The means employed for maintaining the cord taut asthe iron is moved, comprises a pivotally mounted iron connected to thecord and swung by gravity to a position for maintaining the cord taut.This iron is, preferably, carried by a wall bracket which is so arrangedthat the support for the iron may be either swung back against thewallout of the way when the device is in use or may be swung forwardly andlocked in operative position.

The invention will be readily'understood from the following descriptionof the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view ofa device constructed in accordance with the invention and connected tothe conductor cord of an electric iron. r

Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the device swung into inoperativeposition and disconnected from the conductor cord.

Fig. 3 is a detail section on the line 3-8 of Fig. 2. V

In the drawings I have shown a usual electric iron 1 having the flexibleconductor cord connected to said iron and at its opposite end screwedinto a usual lamp socket 3 pro ect1ng from wall 4;.

- The means employed for maintaining corc projects forwardly frombearing opening 11 and a key 12 adapted to be received in the same isprovided upon arm 7 above the bearing lug and in vertical alinement withthe angular-1y bent end 8 of arm 7. Arm 7 is arranged for slightvertical movement in the bearing lugs so that key 12 may engage or bedisengaged from slot 10. The upward movement. of arm 7 is limited bycollar 13 provided upon the arm beneath the lower bearing lug, and thedownward movement of the arm is limited by the abutment of the angularlydisposed end 8 of the arm abutting against the upper bearing lug.

When key 12 is disengaged from slot 1.0 and .the supporting arm is swungto one side in its bearing bracket, as shown in Fig. 2,

the angularly disposed end of the arm will extend along wall land thusbe out of the way. When itis desired to use the support the end S of thesupporting arm is swung outwardly and key 12 is moved into not 1U so asto lock the support in this position.

The hookedend of the supporting arm carries an arm 1 1 which may beformed with a loop 15 intermediate of its ends and a connecting ring 16received through said loop and over hook 9 for pivotally supporting thearm so as to swing in any direction. A weight 18 is lixed upon one endof arm 14 so as to normally swing the opposite end of the arm upwardly,and this latter end or the arm is provided with a spring C11) 19 inwhich the flexible cord 2 may be we ged so as to connect the arm andcord.

The operation of the device will be read ily understood by reference toFig. 1, it be ing understood that arm 14: isconnected to cord 2 betweenthe movable electrical appliance and the lamp socket 3, and that theweighted end of arm 14 will swing the end of the arm which is connectedto the flexible cord upwardlyby gravity so as to always maintain theportion of the cord taut which is between iron 1 and the arm 14..

Various changes may be made without departing from the spirit of theinvention as claimed.

What is claimed is:

1. The combination with a flexible cord leading to a movable member, ofa rod slidably sustaining the cord and having a loop formed therein, aring engaging said loop portion, and a supporting rod adapted to engagesaid ring.

2. In combination, a bracket, bearing lugs secured to the bracket, anarm including t vertical portion rotatably mounted in the bracket and ahorizontal portion having it hooked end, a key formed on the verticalportion and adapted to fitwithin' a slot formed in one of the lugs, anarm universally supported upon the first arm a Weight carried by thesecond arm, and a cord slida-bly' associated with the second arm for thepurpose described. i or In testimony whereof We have signed our namesto'this specification. J; i

GEORGE L. BANKS.

MARYR. BANKS.

